Reading skill and how to be enhanced by technology.
There are three activities that are designed to help students choose books that meet their interests and reading levels.
Firstly, Choosing Books; in which the students got the opportunity of selecting books. The teacher emails the class a list of 10 e-books, then the students skim and scan some pages of each book, and answer questions about the title, type and the main character. The class votes for the books.
Secondly, Reading and Sharing Books, in which the students read the three e-books that get the most votes. Each group discusses these three books dealing with the title, setting, and characters. Each member takes turns telling the story. Each group types a summary report of the three books. They have to answer questions about the characters, the place, and the time. To share their stories they have to answer questions about what the main characters like, what affects them, the problem in the story and the lesson in it.
Thirdly, Evaluating Books, in which the students evaluate information from the online texts and resources. Each group evaluates the three books and ranks these three books in first, second and third. Each group types a final report. The students have to answer questions based on traditional criteria to evaluate story elements. To write the final report, the students have to use the following format: introduction, argument and conclusion.
I applied two reading programs that are similar to the previously mentioned reading activities. The first is Rigby Star for grade 1,2 and three http://www.rigbystories.co.uk/grade-selection.asp?regionId=1 . The Rigby star site publishes the stories of each grade in a flash form. Students listen, read, discuss, and do the involved activities. The students are still too young to evaluate and write reports. This will be achieved in the second applied program; GRP which stands for Guide Reading Program http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/guidedreading/ . The program is intended for students from KG to grade 6. It consists of reading books classified according the students levels. The students reads, argue in groups, answer simple questions, give reports, evaluate the stories and evaluate each other. You can read about GRP, in this article http://www.readingprograms.info/guidedreading.html .
My ABCD for one of the stories which is "The Sky Bird by Laura O'Reilly, from New Zealand http://www.cyberkids.com/cw/sto/fo/oreilly/oreilly1.html in the Adventure of Sydney http://www.cyberkids.com/cw/mul/sydney/" is as follow:
Cognitive (comprehension level) -"C: Given one of the stories taken from the sites mentioned, A: the student B: will be able to accurately summarize the story giving the title, the characters, the colours mentioned, the hero's problem and how it was solved. D: in a paragraph of 15 lines using the present simple tense."
I have tried some of the websites mentioned in the article. I found some out of work. The best of them is the adventure of Sydney. The second is Walks the Red Dog ; http://www.backyardnature.net/r/reddog00.htm in which there are many stories for reading which are suitable for students in grade 3 to 6. I also accessed the Lauri's ESL website; http://fog.ccsf.edu/~lfried/ which can be considered a huge store of links for all ESL skills and activities such as grammar, quizzes , reading activities, listening activities and websites suitable for ESL students. There is also another site (children's story book); http://www.magickeys.com/books/ . The site is full of stories suitable for all levels. There is also audio included so as to help listeners and readers to listen while reading and watching the pictures.
Sites mentioned in the article:
Rigby star : http://www.rigbystories.co.uk/grade-selection.asp?regionId=1
Guided Reading : http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/guidedreading/
Guided reading : http://www.readingprograms.info/guidedreading.html
The Sky Bird : http://www.cyberkids.com/cw/sto/fo/oreilly/oreilly1.html
The Adventure of Sydney : http://www.cyberkids.com/cw/mul/sydney/
Walks the Red Dog: http://www.backyardnature.net/r/reddog00.htm
Lauri's ESL website : http://fog.ccsf.edu/~lfried/
Children's story book: http://www.magickeys.com/books/
There are three activities that are designed to help students choose books that meet their interests and reading levels.
Firstly, Choosing Books; in which the students got the opportunity of selecting books. The teacher emails the class a list of 10 e-books, then the students skim and scan some pages of each book, and answer questions about the title, type and the main character. The class votes for the books.
Secondly, Reading and Sharing Books, in which the students read the three e-books that get the most votes. Each group discusses these three books dealing with the title, setting, and characters. Each member takes turns telling the story. Each group types a summary report of the three books. They have to answer questions about the characters, the place, and the time. To share their stories they have to answer questions about what the main characters like, what affects them, the problem in the story and the lesson in it.
Thirdly, Evaluating Books, in which the students evaluate information from the online texts and resources. Each group evaluates the three books and ranks these three books in first, second and third. Each group types a final report. The students have to answer questions based on traditional criteria to evaluate story elements. To write the final report, the students have to use the following format: introduction, argument and conclusion.
I applied two reading programs that are similar to the previously mentioned reading activities. The first is Rigby Star for grade 1,2 and three http://www.rigbystories.co.uk/grade-selection.asp?regionId=1 . The Rigby star site publishes the stories of each grade in a flash form. Students listen, read, discuss, and do the involved activities. The students are still too young to evaluate and write reports. This will be achieved in the second applied program; GRP which stands for Guide Reading Program http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/guidedreading/ . The program is intended for students from KG to grade 6. It consists of reading books classified according the students levels. The students reads, argue in groups, answer simple questions, give reports, evaluate the stories and evaluate each other. You can read about GRP, in this article http://www.readingprograms.info/guidedreading.html .
My ABCD for one of the stories which is "The Sky Bird by Laura O'Reilly, from New Zealand http://www.cyberkids.com/cw/sto/fo/oreilly/oreilly1.html in the Adventure of Sydney http://www.cyberkids.com/cw/mul/sydney/" is as follow:
Cognitive (comprehension level) -"C: Given one of the stories taken from the sites mentioned, A: the student B: will be able to accurately summarize the story giving the title, the characters, the colours mentioned, the hero's problem and how it was solved. D: in a paragraph of 15 lines using the present simple tense."
I have tried some of the websites mentioned in the article. I found some out of work. The best of them is the adventure of Sydney. The second is Walks the Red Dog ; http://www.backyardnature.net/r/reddog00.htm in which there are many stories for reading which are suitable for students in grade 3 to 6. I also accessed the Lauri's ESL website; http://fog.ccsf.edu/~lfried/ which can be considered a huge store of links for all ESL skills and activities such as grammar, quizzes , reading activities, listening activities and websites suitable for ESL students. There is also another site (children's story book); http://www.magickeys.com/books/ . The site is full of stories suitable for all levels. There is also audio included so as to help listeners and readers to listen while reading and watching the pictures.
Sites mentioned in the article:
Rigby star : http://www.rigbystories.co.uk/grade-selection.asp?regionId=1
Guided Reading : http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/guidedreading/
Guided reading : http://www.readingprograms.info/guidedreading.html
The Sky Bird : http://www.cyberkids.com/cw/sto/fo/oreilly/oreilly1.html
The Adventure of Sydney : http://www.cyberkids.com/cw/mul/sydney/
Walks the Red Dog: http://www.backyardnature.net/r/reddog00.htm
Lauri's ESL website : http://fog.ccsf.edu/~lfried/
Children's story book: http://www.magickeys.com/books/
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